United States v. Jefferson, No. 15-2688 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and subsequently appealed his 188-month sentence. The district court sentenced defendant under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), based on his felony drug-trafficking convictions in 2001, 2004, and 2008 from Illinois. The court held that the district court did not err in classifying defendant's 2001 Illinois drug conviction as a "serious drug offense," as he was convicted of an offense "for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed by law." Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges, and Erickson, District Judge] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in classifying defendant's 2001 Illinois drug conviction as a serious drug offense as he was convicted of an offense for which the maximum term of imprisonment was ten years or more; as a result, the court did not err in sentencing defendant as an armed career criminal.
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